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Mauritania (Steamship : Launched 1906)

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Mauritania, 1915

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023240773], Page: 10, item: 5
Identifier: 2010-064-1-10-5
Scope and Contents The photo shows the R. M. S. Mauritania sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Sister ship of the Lusitania, in 1915 she was used as a troop ship serving the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 1916, she was converted to a hospital ship. By the paint scheme in this image, she is a troop carrier. Africa is in the distance. In the foreground is what Welford elsewhere describes as a mosque and a schoolhouse. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for...
Dates: 1915

Mauritania, 1915

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023240773], Page: 11, item: 1
Identifier: 2010-064-1-11-1
Scope and Contents The photo shows the R. M. S. Mauritania sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Sister ship of the Lusitania, in 1915 she was used as a troop ship serving the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 1916, she was converted to a hospital ship. By the paint scheme in this image, she is a troop carrier. Africa is in the distance. In the foreground is what Welford elsewhere describes as a mosque and a schoolhouse. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for...
Dates: 1915

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